Hey there. So yes, my 1st ever scoring job has a cue, in which the director has requested a 2 min. cue with all 3 of the above. Any tips, or references would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

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heh? The director should give you the references. What do we know, what he wants? Seriously I mean, I could tell you references and they might be super legit or totally wrong. Ask your director about his vision..that is my advice here.

heh? The director should give you the references. What do we know, what he wants? Seriously I mean, I could tell you references and they might be super legit or totally wrong. Ask your director about his vision..that is my advice here.

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It's the theme for an evil alien drag queen...........no I'm not trolling. He wants "flight of the metal valkyries". At least he really liked the other cues I'd done

As a practical matter, that's a ton of sound to organize in one track. So my tip would be to start sorting things out into parts of the spectrum. Do you want a bass choir? Then maybe dial back the bass guitar and low brass. Alternatively, if you want to use a children's choir (which I think would sound great with a metal sound), go in the opposite direction. Stuff like that. Figure out highs, mids, and lows, and what each part is doing.

Also, if your director wants "flight of the metal valkyries," you may want to literally adopt Wagner's techniques -- i.e., one clear, simple motif of, say, three or four bars that is singable and can be repeated in lots of different ways: call-and-response between instruments, moving it up and down the scale, and so on. And then a lot of exciting ornamentation around it -- tremolo strings, percussion clashes... stuff like that.

heh? The director should give you the references. What do we know, what he wants? Seriously I mean, I could tell you references and they might be super legit or totally wrong. Ask your director about his vision..that is my advice here.

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References are crucial.

OP, see if he can get a specific track in mind out of him.
Jealous of your hat, btw!

It's the theme for an evil alien drag queen...........no I'm not trolling. He wants "flight of the metal valkyries". At least he really liked the other cues I'd done

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Agree that for communication ask him to listen to some links first. He should be eager to do that and press him even if he's not. Five or ten minutes of his time could save you days of needless false starts, and in the end he'll have to provide / listen to references anyway. So make him do it up front.

And definitely hire a guitar player unless you can really play. I can recommend someone if you need -- he can work remotely. It also helps to give the guitar player a reference too -- all the more reason to ask the director to take five minutes and spare you endless hours of dead ends.